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What (who) is kinesics - definition
INTERPRETATION OF BODY MOTION COMMUNICATION SUCH AS FACIAL EXPRESSIONS AND GESTURES, NONVERBAL BEHAVIOR RELATED TO MOVEMENT OF ANY PART OF THE BODY OR THE BODY AS A WHOLE
Kinemics
kinesics
[k?'ni:s?ks, k??-]
¦ plural noun [treated as sing.] the study of the way in which certain gestures and movements of the body serve for non-verbal communication.
Origin
1950s: from Gk kinesis 'motion' + -ics.
Kinesics
Kinesics is the interpretation of body motion communication such as facial expressions and gestures, nonverbal behavior related to movement of any part of the body or the body as a whole. The equivalent popular culture term is body language, a term Ray Birdwhistell, considered the founder of this area of study, neither used nor liked (on the grounds that what can be conveyed with the body does not meet the linguist's definition of language).
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Kinesics
Kinesics is the interpretation of body motion communication such as facial expressions and gestures, nonverbal behavior related to movement of any part of the body or the body as a whole. The equivalent popular culture term is body language, a term Ray Birdwhistell, considered the founder of this area of study, neither used nor liked (on the grounds that what can be conveyed with the body does not meet the linguist's definition of language).
